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Robert specialises in substantial construction and engineering disputes, insurance-related advice and litigation, product liability, professional negligence and property damage. He is well-placed to advise where a case raises issues in more than one of these areas. He appears regularly in the High Court (particularly the TCC) and has acted in the Court of Appeal, in adjudication, arbitration, mediation and settlement meetings. Robert is the Treasurer of the Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR) and he is a TECBAR accredited adjudicator.

Recent cases include Calonne v Dawnus (residential building project, defects, defeating appeal to Court of Appeal), Haberdashers' Aske's v Lakehouse (joint insurance and the construction of a project insurance policy), Skymist v Grandlane (pre-action disclosure); and adjudications for a major engineering company (energy project, defects, LDs), a structural engineer (NEC3 Professional Services Contract, ground investigations and pile design), and a contractor (infrastructure contract).

Previous cases include Harrison v Shepherd Homes (piled foundations, defects and nuisance in a housing development, claim against NHBC), Goldsworthy v Harrison (defeating an application to enforce an adjudicator’s decision), Thameside v Arthenella (settlement by oral agreement), and County Motor Works v PBFW (fire damage, alleged spontaneous ignition of linseed oil).

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Robert was awarded an Eastham Scholarship, a Hardwicke Entrance Award and a Thomas More Bursary by Lincoln’s Inn.

TECBAR, SCL, CBA, PNBA, PIBA.

Birkenhead School; Christ Church, Oxford (MA, Boulter Exhibition).

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